week 11 question 1

I do agree with anthropologist Ruth Benedict that we are "creatures of our culture" in that our habits, beliefs, and impossibilites are shaped by our culture. We are shaped by our culture because that is what we grew up with and who are parents shaped us and taught us to be every step of the way.
Our book describes culture as "that part of the environmetn mad by humans," it includes the all thematerial objects and possessions that a social group invents or acquires. It also shares the less tangible parts such as the shared customs and values that bind its members together. This is what we are making our lives to be, part of a certain culture and hold certain morals and values as we were taught. Just like being taught right from wrong from our parents, it's how we were shaped. In order to break through the limits of our cultures, we must always keep an open mind and not conform to think that our culture is the best and that it is the only way that is correct. We must surround ourselves and understand other people's cultures and realize that we must not believe in what they believe in but keep in mind that they just have different values and rules then us.